Clover
Family Research Compendium
Created, Edited, and Maintained June Clover Byrne
For the Clover Family Historical Society
Clovers in the State of New
York
in New York Periodicals
in New York Periodicals
New
York pages on this site.
[Includes some NJ information.]
I also included some items where I would have hoped to find Clovers, but did not.
New York has a long history of genealogical periodicals. I am lucky to have located an almost complete set of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, from 1870 to date at the Orlando Public Library. I later located an almost complete run at the Houston Public Library. There is no master surname index to these 137 volumes. I may not have checked the volume for 1999. The only volume I have not checked was volume 20 which was bound without an index in both libraries. It is, of course, possible that I missed something but I don't think so. There were a few church records from the Dutch Church in New York City but I have published them elsewhere.
Volume 43: 321 “The Doughty Family of Long Island.” The article is not footnoted, but the statement is made that Isaiah Doughty (son of Jacob Doughty and Elizabeth Ismond) born Flushing, Queens County, New York, married Peggy Clover. Their children were: George, who married Martha Verity and had children; Mary, who married Daniel Abrams, and had children; Ismond; and Elizabeth, who married James Langdon and had children. No dates are given, but the IGI gives a date for the marriage of Peggy Clover as ca. 1769.
Volume 44: 166 (1913) “Records of the Reformed Church at Machackemeck (Deerpark).” This town is now Port Jervis and was in Orange County, New York. The article does not say if the church was the Reformed Dutch Church, but it is probable that it was. At least there was a Reformed Dutch Church in Deerpark in 1770 according to an entry in the FHL Catalog for the same names. The FHL catalog number is 17859.
February 1770: Johannis Chambers was married to Hanna Clover
Volume 56: 388: According to the index there is a William Clover on this page, but he is not there or on nearby pages. The article is the wills of Montgomery County, New York. William Clover lived in Montgomery County so it is likely he would be found in this article but I can’t find the entry.
Volume 82: 39 (1951) “The Van Kouwenhoven-Conover Family.” In this article, which does not include footnotes, is the information that Albert Covenhaven, son of Peter Covenhaven and his wife, Willempie van Voorhees, married Mary Clover and resided in Johnstown, [Fulton County], New York. The earlier years of this family group were in Freehold, New York, which is the original name of Durham, which is now in Greene County. Albert was baptized 11 March 1786 in Fonda, [Montgomery County], New York. There is much additional information about the Covenhaven family with variant names. There is no further Clover information. Note in the last issue that John Clover, father of Frederick, Collins, William and John Clover, lived in Freehold. No connection has so far been found. I would also comment that there are whole herds of Covenhavens with many different spellings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Volume 87: 240 (1956) “Gilbert Livingston and some of his descendants.” The Reverend George F. Clover officiated at a marriage in Washington, DC, on 18 June 1932, of William Corcoran and Gertrude Stadelman.
Volume 90: 118 (1959) List of Bound Volumes Donated includes Cluver Family Chronicles, by Dr. Herman C. Kluever. No further information about this book is in the article. [It is in many libraries and has no actual Clovers in it.]
Volume 106: 12 (1975) “Apprentices and Servants of Zaccheus Macy of Nantucket [Massachusetts].” This is a list of names with comments from his journal, but there are no dates. Zaccheus was a whaler and mariner of Nantucket who was born in there in 1713 and died there in 1797. Among the list of names are two Clovers. Spelling is from the original:
Benjamin Starbuch Clover quiat Lad [sic]
Josep Coffin Clover lad died when aprintis [sic]
Volume 130: 33 (1999) “The Origins of the Early Conines of Western Greene County [New York].” This is a very long article which deals with the Conine family. There is a very small entry on the Jacob Conine who married Mary Clover in 1764 in New Jersey. She was a daughter of John Peter Clover. I plan an entire article on this family group at a later time and will publish the information then. But I cannot resist noting here that the travel pattern of this family is thought provoking. The Conines were a Dutch family and Jacob’s father was baptized in Albany. He married in the Reformed Dutch Church in New York City. He and his family later moved to Piscataway Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Jacob was baptized at Raritan which is in Middlesex County. This is a carefully researched article with footnotes and worth pursuing. I will quote it in more detail in a later article. It is also important to study this family because she was married in 1764. Various dates are given for her birth in 1736 or 1738. In either case, this indicates that John Peter Clover was older than many people commonly say.
Volume 23: 21 (1892) “Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York [City].” On 5 September 1736, Maria Elizabet, child of Philip Smit and Anna Catharina Jermoet, was baptized. Witnesses: Pieter Clover and Maria Elisabeth, wife of Daniel Smit.
Volume 23: 76 (1892) “Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York [City].” On 9 October 1737, Wilhelmus, child of Philip Melsbag and Catharine Cloüwer, was baptized. Witnesses: Wilhelmus Crollius, Maria Elisabet Haan, his wife, and John Frans Walther.
Volume 25: 68 (1894) “Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York [City].” On 15 January 1746, Petrus, child of Petrus Kempel and Carstina Limmen was baptized. Witnesses: Johan Peter Kempel and Maria Cloüwer, his wife.
The above entries in the Reformed Dutch Church records are thought provoking. There are more records of this family which I found in the book and have published elsewhere. There is an on-line site, http://olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml, which has a large number of early New York City records including some from this church. It is an ongoing project at this time. I am watching this for further Clover, Cloüwer entries. A researcher from the Netherlands, Jan Klaver, tells me that the two names would have been pronounced almost the same way. Jan also says that the letter K was seldom used until the mid 1700's. Also according to Jan, the surname Klaver translated from Dutch into English is Clover.
It is important to realize that these early baptisms may not have taken place in New York City. From 1714, the church there had their minister travel to the Hudson Valley and into New Jersey. There is nothing that I saw in the record which indicates that these were in New Jersey, but there is nothing to indicate they were anywhere else either. So, could this be John Peter Clover? If it is not, who is this Clover and what happened to him? Could he be related to one of the other Clover families?]
Western New York Genealogical Society Journal, Volumes 13-17, 19-22. All volumes were indexed. No Clover entries were found.
Tree Talks, indexes of the following volumes checked: 1-11, 21-37, 39. The library I was searching does not have the middle volumes. Does anyone out there have access to them?
Volume 27: 67 (March 1987): “Entries from Book A, Surrogate’s Office, Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York.” Sarah P. Clover, mother of Mary B. Carter, age 6 as of 9 August, last, daughter of Luther Carter, cordwainer, late of Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York, petitions that Samuel Carter, Junior, cordwainer, Plattsburg, be appointed guardian of said infant until she attain age 14. Dated 21 February 1825. Reference: page 104. [Surrogate’s court in New York is the equivalent of a probate court in other states.]
Volume 29: 134 (September 1989): “Immigration and Naturalizations of Otsego County, New York.” Edward Clover became a citizen. No other comment is made. However, in other entries the comment is repeatedly made that the person had been in the country for over five years. This entry is not dated.
Volume 23: 121-2 (March 1983) “List of Delinquents of the 35th Brigade of Infantry of the Militia of the State of New York” A letter written to the sheriff of Madison County, New York included a list of those fined. The reason for the fine is not given. The letter is dated December 1819. John W. Clover of Lenox of the 74th regiment is included.
The Mohawk and The Capital: These following 5 entries came from an index to New York Quarterlies. They have been in my files for years. Bob Bowles acquired the original periodical entries and sent them to me. The Mohawk and The Capital were genealogical newsletters edited by Arthur C. Kelly. The Capital contained transcribed records of Albany and Rensselaer County. The Mohawk contained records of Montgomery and Schenectady Counties. The Saratoga and Columbia were indexed in the same database which was published in 2000.
William Clover The MOHAWK 1: 83 First Reformed Church, Glenville, NY
Catherine Clover The MOHAWK 1: 83 First Reformed Church, Glenville, NY
Catherine Clover received was received 10/12/1816 in the First Reformed Church of Glenville. William Clover received 5/11/1817, same church.
William Clover The CAPITAL 7:85
William Clover m. 8/28/1790 Catherine Schuyler at the First Presbyterian Church, Albany
Catherine Clover The CAPITAL 1: 21 Bible Record - Ward, Beebe
Catherine Clover The CAPITAL 3: 89 Town of Colonie Cemetery Inscriptions -Same as above
The first entry is not a Bible record. It is a listing of the interments in the Whitbeck Cemetery, Albany County, described as "South of River Rd that runs from Niskayuna to Mohawk View." There were only 7 recorded stones: Lucas G. Whitbeck d. 6/15/1844 age 65-6-18
Emma Marshall, his wife, d. 10/10/1862 Anna Maria Whitbeck d. 8/24/1828 age. 16-1-12
Garret L. Whitbeck d. 1/10/1819 age. 17-2-8
Garret Whitbeck, d. 6/15/1849 age. 60-2-3
Francis Marshall, son of Lucas G. & Emma d. 2/16/1805 age. 3-1-9
Catherine Clover d. 7/25/1852 age. 72y.
A Collection of Abstracts from Otsego County, New York: Newspaper Obituaries 1808-1875. This is an unusual book. Gertrude Audrey Barber indexed thousands of obituaries. However, she did NOT include mention of relatives of the deceased.
page 68: The Freeman’s Journal (May 11) Springfield: Edward Clover died 29 April 1840, aged 22.
Obituary in the Chittenango Herald, (October 13)
Benjamin F. Clover died 2 October 1835 in Lenox [Madison County].
Bob Bowles went to Madison County and tried to see this. The ruler of the archives told him that he didn’t need to see it and that there was nothing more in the record. He tried to insist and was sent away saying that SHE would check it and let him know. SHE did recheck and said she found nothing.
David Roberts, Deaths Reported in the "Long Islander (New York)" 1878 to 1890, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998), 43.
Clover, Milton d. 4 March 1889, at Fishkill Landing, New York. Former resident of Oyster Bay.
Deaths, Births and Marriages from Newspapers published in Hamilton, Madison County, NY 1818-1886. No Clovers in index.
Immigrants in Madison County, New York, 1815-1860. No Clovers in index.
Our County, Its People by Wager is a county history for Oneida County, New York. It has a full index, but no Clovers.
Biographical review: Biographical Sketches of the Leading Citizens of Madison County, New York, (Boston: Biographical Review Publishing, 1894). FHL 0845458. No Clovers according to Emily Nix who suffered through the whole 706 pages.
Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Otsego County, New York, 2 volumes. Original published 1893. This has a full index, but no Clovers.
Master Index to the New York State DAR Genealogical Records, FHL 6051491. No Clovers listed in index. This index is to the main name in the bible record. It is not an every name index. The records indexed are on 161 rolls of microfilm and cover books published up to about 1978.
The Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie [Dutchess County], New York, Volume 4, 1838-1858, FHL microfilm 0533472. Frame 106, marriage # 30: “On Monday morning, 7 September 1840, at Hackensack, Mr. Lewis P. Clover [was married] to Miss Sarah Ann Ackermann, the former of New York, the later of Hackensack.” There are no other Clover entries in this volume. Note that this Lewis was the son of Lewis Peter Clover of New York City and he had a number of children there. Lewis junior became a minister and worked in various areas.
Social Security Application for Warren Judson Clover, (courtesy of Emily Nix). Warren’s SS number was 104-09-0249. He was living in Victor, New York, on 27 November 1936, when he made application. He stated that he was the son of Fredric Thomas Clover and Myrtle Turner, and was born 5 September 1903, at Victor, New York. [For further information on his family, see Frederick Clover on the Family Trees page under New York.]
New
York Periodicals
[Includes some NJ information.]
I also included some items where I would have hoped to find Clovers, but did not.
New York Genealogical and Biographical
Record
New York has a long history of genealogical periodicals. I am lucky to have located an almost complete set of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, from 1870 to date at the Orlando Public Library. I later located an almost complete run at the Houston Public Library. There is no master surname index to these 137 volumes. I may not have checked the volume for 1999. The only volume I have not checked was volume 20 which was bound without an index in both libraries. It is, of course, possible that I missed something but I don't think so. There were a few church records from the Dutch Church in New York City but I have published them elsewhere.
Volume 43: 321 “The Doughty Family of Long Island.” The article is not footnoted, but the statement is made that Isaiah Doughty (son of Jacob Doughty and Elizabeth Ismond) born Flushing, Queens County, New York, married Peggy Clover. Their children were: George, who married Martha Verity and had children; Mary, who married Daniel Abrams, and had children; Ismond; and Elizabeth, who married James Langdon and had children. No dates are given, but the IGI gives a date for the marriage of Peggy Clover as ca. 1769.
Volume 44: 166 (1913) “Records of the Reformed Church at Machackemeck (Deerpark).” This town is now Port Jervis and was in Orange County, New York. The article does not say if the church was the Reformed Dutch Church, but it is probable that it was. At least there was a Reformed Dutch Church in Deerpark in 1770 according to an entry in the FHL Catalog for the same names. The FHL catalog number is 17859.
February 1770: Johannis Chambers was married to Hanna Clover
[Later
information: This is not a Clover despite the entry. In The Clover Family Exchange, Volume 11,
Issue 1, page 5, I published some short items on Clovers in New York
which I had found in the New York
Genealogical and Biographical Record.
One of these was the marriage of Johannis Chambers to a Hannah Clover
in 1770 which was in a church record for Orange County, New York.
I have since gotten my hands on the Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch
Church Records. This entry is transcribed as a Clover. I checked
the index for other Clovers and found none. I checked the index
for Johannis Chambers and found that he had numerous children and on
all of them, their mother’s name was given as Hannah Hover.
There are many Hovers in this book so I think Hannah was not a Clover.
This is probably a case of bad penmanship or bad transcribing.]
Volume 56: 388: According to the index there is a William Clover on this page, but he is not there or on nearby pages. The article is the wills of Montgomery County, New York. William Clover lived in Montgomery County so it is likely he would be found in this article but I can’t find the entry.
Volume 82: 39 (1951) “The Van Kouwenhoven-Conover Family.” In this article, which does not include footnotes, is the information that Albert Covenhaven, son of Peter Covenhaven and his wife, Willempie van Voorhees, married Mary Clover and resided in Johnstown, [Fulton County], New York. The earlier years of this family group were in Freehold, New York, which is the original name of Durham, which is now in Greene County. Albert was baptized 11 March 1786 in Fonda, [Montgomery County], New York. There is much additional information about the Covenhaven family with variant names. There is no further Clover information. Note in the last issue that John Clover, father of Frederick, Collins, William and John Clover, lived in Freehold. No connection has so far been found. I would also comment that there are whole herds of Covenhavens with many different spellings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Volume 87: 240 (1956) “Gilbert Livingston and some of his descendants.” The Reverend George F. Clover officiated at a marriage in Washington, DC, on 18 June 1932, of William Corcoran and Gertrude Stadelman.
Volume 90: 118 (1959) List of Bound Volumes Donated includes Cluver Family Chronicles, by Dr. Herman C. Kluever. No further information about this book is in the article. [It is in many libraries and has no actual Clovers in it.]
Volume 106: 12 (1975) “Apprentices and Servants of Zaccheus Macy of Nantucket [Massachusetts].” This is a list of names with comments from his journal, but there are no dates. Zaccheus was a whaler and mariner of Nantucket who was born in there in 1713 and died there in 1797. Among the list of names are two Clovers. Spelling is from the original:
Benjamin Starbuch Clover quiat Lad [sic]
Josep Coffin Clover lad died when aprintis [sic]
Volume 130: 33 (1999) “The Origins of the Early Conines of Western Greene County [New York].” This is a very long article which deals with the Conine family. There is a very small entry on the Jacob Conine who married Mary Clover in 1764 in New Jersey. She was a daughter of John Peter Clover. I plan an entire article on this family group at a later time and will publish the information then. But I cannot resist noting here that the travel pattern of this family is thought provoking. The Conines were a Dutch family and Jacob’s father was baptized in Albany. He married in the Reformed Dutch Church in New York City. He and his family later moved to Piscataway Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Jacob was baptized at Raritan which is in Middlesex County. This is a carefully researched article with footnotes and worth pursuing. I will quote it in more detail in a later article. It is also important to study this family because she was married in 1764. Various dates are given for her birth in 1736 or 1738. In either case, this indicates that John Peter Clover was older than many people commonly say.
Volume 23: 21 (1892) “Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York [City].” On 5 September 1736, Maria Elizabet, child of Philip Smit and Anna Catharina Jermoet, was baptized. Witnesses: Pieter Clover and Maria Elisabeth, wife of Daniel Smit.
Volume 23: 76 (1892) “Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York [City].” On 9 October 1737, Wilhelmus, child of Philip Melsbag and Catharine Cloüwer, was baptized. Witnesses: Wilhelmus Crollius, Maria Elisabet Haan, his wife, and John Frans Walther.
Volume 25: 68 (1894) “Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York [City].” On 15 January 1746, Petrus, child of Petrus Kempel and Carstina Limmen was baptized. Witnesses: Johan Peter Kempel and Maria Cloüwer, his wife.
The above entries in the Reformed Dutch Church records are thought provoking. There are more records of this family which I found in the book and have published elsewhere. There is an on-line site, http://olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml, which has a large number of early New York City records including some from this church. It is an ongoing project at this time. I am watching this for further Clover, Cloüwer entries. A researcher from the Netherlands, Jan Klaver, tells me that the two names would have been pronounced almost the same way. Jan also says that the letter K was seldom used until the mid 1700's. Also according to Jan, the surname Klaver translated from Dutch into English is Clover.
It is important to realize that these early baptisms may not have taken place in New York City. From 1714, the church there had their minister travel to the Hudson Valley and into New Jersey. There is nothing that I saw in the record which indicates that these were in New Jersey, but there is nothing to indicate they were anywhere else either. So, could this be John Peter Clover? If it is not, who is this Clover and what happened to him? Could he be related to one of the other Clover families?]
Western New York Genealogical Society Journal, Volumes 13-17, 19-22. All volumes were indexed. No Clover entries were found.
Tree Talks, indexes of the following volumes checked: 1-11, 21-37, 39. The library I was searching does not have the middle volumes. Does anyone out there have access to them?
Volume 27: 67 (March 1987): “Entries from Book A, Surrogate’s Office, Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York.” Sarah P. Clover, mother of Mary B. Carter, age 6 as of 9 August, last, daughter of Luther Carter, cordwainer, late of Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York, petitions that Samuel Carter, Junior, cordwainer, Plattsburg, be appointed guardian of said infant until she attain age 14. Dated 21 February 1825. Reference: page 104. [Surrogate’s court in New York is the equivalent of a probate court in other states.]
Volume 29: 134 (September 1989): “Immigration and Naturalizations of Otsego County, New York.” Edward Clover became a citizen. No other comment is made. However, in other entries the comment is repeatedly made that the person had been in the country for over five years. This entry is not dated.
Volume 23: 121-2 (March 1983) “List of Delinquents of the 35th Brigade of Infantry of the Militia of the State of New York” A letter written to the sheriff of Madison County, New York included a list of those fined. The reason for the fine is not given. The letter is dated December 1819. John W. Clover of Lenox of the 74th regiment is included.
Miscellaneous
New York Periodicals and Newspapers:
The Mohawk and The Capital: These following 5 entries came from an index to New York Quarterlies. They have been in my files for years. Bob Bowles acquired the original periodical entries and sent them to me. The Mohawk and The Capital were genealogical newsletters edited by Arthur C. Kelly. The Capital contained transcribed records of Albany and Rensselaer County. The Mohawk contained records of Montgomery and Schenectady Counties. The Saratoga and Columbia were indexed in the same database which was published in 2000.
William Clover The MOHAWK 1: 83 First Reformed Church, Glenville, NY
Catherine Clover The MOHAWK 1: 83 First Reformed Church, Glenville, NY
Catherine Clover received was received 10/12/1816 in the First Reformed Church of Glenville. William Clover received 5/11/1817, same church.
William Clover The CAPITAL 7:85
William Clover m. 8/28/1790 Catherine Schuyler at the First Presbyterian Church, Albany
Catherine Clover The CAPITAL 1: 21 Bible Record - Ward, Beebe
Catherine Clover The CAPITAL 3: 89 Town of Colonie Cemetery Inscriptions -Same as above
The first entry is not a Bible record. It is a listing of the interments in the Whitbeck Cemetery, Albany County, described as "South of River Rd that runs from Niskayuna to Mohawk View." There were only 7 recorded stones: Lucas G. Whitbeck d. 6/15/1844 age 65-6-18
Emma Marshall, his wife, d. 10/10/1862 Anna Maria Whitbeck d. 8/24/1828 age. 16-1-12
Garret L. Whitbeck d. 1/10/1819 age. 17-2-8
Garret Whitbeck, d. 6/15/1849 age. 60-2-3
Francis Marshall, son of Lucas G. & Emma d. 2/16/1805 age. 3-1-9
Catherine Clover d. 7/25/1852 age. 72y.
A Collection of Abstracts from Otsego County, New York: Newspaper Obituaries 1808-1875. This is an unusual book. Gertrude Audrey Barber indexed thousands of obituaries. However, she did NOT include mention of relatives of the deceased.
page 68: The Freeman’s Journal (May 11) Springfield: Edward Clover died 29 April 1840, aged 22.
Obituary in the Chittenango Herald, (October 13)
Benjamin F. Clover died 2 October 1835 in Lenox [Madison County].
Bob Bowles went to Madison County and tried to see this. The ruler of the archives told him that he didn’t need to see it and that there was nothing more in the record. He tried to insist and was sent away saying that SHE would check it and let him know. SHE did recheck and said she found nothing.
David Roberts, Deaths Reported in the "Long Islander (New York)" 1878 to 1890, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1998), 43.
Clover, Milton d. 4 March 1889, at Fishkill Landing, New York. Former resident of Oyster Bay.
Deaths, Births and Marriages from Newspapers published in Hamilton, Madison County, NY 1818-1886. No Clovers in index.
Immigrants in Madison County, New York, 1815-1860. No Clovers in index.
Our County, Its People by Wager is a county history for Oneida County, New York. It has a full index, but no Clovers.
Biographical review: Biographical Sketches of the Leading Citizens of Madison County, New York, (Boston: Biographical Review Publishing, 1894). FHL 0845458. No Clovers according to Emily Nix who suffered through the whole 706 pages.
Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Otsego County, New York, 2 volumes. Original published 1893. This has a full index, but no Clovers.
Master Index to the New York State DAR Genealogical Records, FHL 6051491. No Clovers listed in index. This index is to the main name in the bible record. It is not an every name index. The records indexed are on 161 rolls of microfilm and cover books published up to about 1978.
The Records of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie [Dutchess County], New York, Volume 4, 1838-1858, FHL microfilm 0533472. Frame 106, marriage # 30: “On Monday morning, 7 September 1840, at Hackensack, Mr. Lewis P. Clover [was married] to Miss Sarah Ann Ackermann, the former of New York, the later of Hackensack.” There are no other Clover entries in this volume. Note that this Lewis was the son of Lewis Peter Clover of New York City and he had a number of children there. Lewis junior became a minister and worked in various areas.
Social Security Application for Warren Judson Clover, (courtesy of Emily Nix). Warren’s SS number was 104-09-0249. He was living in Victor, New York, on 27 November 1936, when he made application. He stated that he was the son of Fredric Thomas Clover and Myrtle Turner, and was born 5 September 1903, at Victor, New York. [For further information on his family, see Frederick Clover on the Family Trees page under New York.]
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